Chapter 230: Eighth-Order

"I wonder how many Merit Points this intelligence is worth."

Lin Yuan felt a sense of anticipation; ever since experiencing the numerous privileges and treatments of a Seven-Level Citizen,

Lin Yuan wanted to be promoted to an Eighth Level Citizens as soon as possible.

Across the entire Annan Star Alliance, there was only one Eighth Level Citizens in this era, and that was the Star Alliance Council President.

Facing an Eighth Level Citizens, even existence-level figures as formidable as the Red Kun Star Lord and Ninth Sword Star Master had to show respect.

It was just a pity that promoting from a Six-Level Citizen to a Seven-Level Citizen was as difficult as ascending to heaven, while promoting from a Seven-Level Citizen to an Eighth Level Citizens was even more like a natural chasm.

At least the Red Kun Star Lord killed countless alien Experts, yet still hadn't gathered enough Merit Points for promotion to an Eighth Level Citizens.

Even Evolutionary Grand Scholars who pioneered a complete eighth-order evolution path were often not Eighth Level Citizens.

Lin Yuan knew that the intelligence he mentioned couldn't possibly fill the Merit Points required for his own promotion to an Eighth Level Citizens.

But it could more or less lower the difficulty of future promotion to an Eighth Level Citizens.

An hour later.

The voice of the Goddess of Wisdom came once again.

"Respected Seven-Level Citizen Lin Yuan, the intelligence you provided has been evaluated and is valued at 1.5 million Merit Points. Would you like them issued now?"

"1.5 million Merit Points?" A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

When Lin Yuan created the Seventh-Order Chapter of Martial Arts, the Merit Points he obtained were only three million. Now, a single piece of intelligence alone was worth half of the Seventh-Order Chapter of Martial Arts?

"Issue them."

Lin Yuan felt satisfied in his heart.

One had to know that the intelligence he spoke of, while it sounded like it helped Human Civilization's Evolvers find another way to comprehend that corpse,

was only what it sounded like.

How many Evolvers could actually achieve this?

Comprehending 3,333 evolution paths made one's scalp tingle just hearing about it. For almost all Evolvers, the difficulty of this method was much greater than directly cultivating a certain evolution path.

Therefore,

the Goddess of Wisdom's judgment that this intelligence was worth 1.5 million Merit Points had already exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations.

This was just like evolution paths; if an evolution path was rated Tier 10 or even higher, it was naturally of immeasurable value.

But if one added the precondition of 'un-cultivable' before this evolution path,

its value would inevitably plummet. The intelligence provided by Lin Yuan was just like that; at least at the present stage, no Evolver could manage to comprehend 3,333 evolution paths.

Even if it could be done in the future, that would be a matter of a very long time later.

Swoosh.

As Lin Yuan agreed,

1.5 million Merit Points were issued to Lin Yuan's account.

"However, if it were merely cultivating a certain evolution path, perfecting and making up for its flaws, and walking it to the end, Supreme Powerhouses could also do it. Logically speaking, Supreme Powerhouses would have long condensed the Mo Yu Mark and known the method I mentioned."

Lin Yuan suddenly thought of this.

"Perhaps the conditions for Supreme Powerhouses to condense the Mo Yu Mark are different from ours?"

Lin Yuan guessed in his heart what kind of existence Supreme Powerhouses were. Given the height they stood at, merely mending and perfecting a flawed evolution path shouldn't be difficult.

Judging by the difficulty of becoming an ordinary member of the Demon Jade Tower, the test for Supreme Powerhouses should be even higher, or perhaps Supreme Powerhouses simply started out higher than ordinary members once they joined the Demon Jade Tower.

Several days later.

Lin Yuan opened the Cosmic Starry Sky map of Human Civilization's current territory.

"The Star Domain chosen by Senior Brother is located at the southeastern edge of Human Civilization's territory, where it borders other powerful groups."

Lin Yuan had long learned from Senior Brother where the Star Domain he was about to go garrison was located.

Human Civilization's newly pioneered Star Domains were not like the Chi Kun Star Region, which had been managed for hundreds of thousands of years, basically considered an old nest without any danger.

Star Domains in the marginal territory, because they were newly pioneered and bordered alien races, as well as having many places within the territory that had not been fully cleared out—

such as some entrenched special life forms groups, or some Universe Secret Realms, and so on—

all awaited the Star Lords to go and deal with them.

Newly advanced Eighth-Order Evolvers needed to garrison a Star Domain for five hundred years; they weren't going there to enjoy themselves, but truly needed to fight for Human Civilization.

"The place chosen by Senior Brother is quite good after all, at least it doesn't border Peak Groups."

Lin Yuan thought to himself. Bordering only a few powerful groups had a very high safety rating; after all, powerful groups basically didn't dare make an enemy of Human Civilization.

Not to mention taking action against Star Lords—strike today, and tomorrow the old nest of that powerful group would be leveled by Human Civilization.

But Peak Groups were different.

Of course, normally speaking, the few Peak Groups including Human Civilization were quite restrained towards each other. The last commotion on the Alien Race Battlefield happened because the Zerg wanted a supreme evolution path.

That was why they almost flipped the table. A supreme evolution path of a fallen Supreme Powerhouse could give birth to a Supreme Powerhouse, and a Supreme Powerhouse could completely alter the overall situation of the current grand Alliance of various Peak Groups.

The Zerg naturally disregarded everything.

Even so, the Zerg Grand Alliance was liquidated by Human Civilization afterwards, and many powerful groups within the Alliance suffered heavy losses, with the Black Abyss Clan's own old nest even being a tenth obliterated.

Concerning the birth of a Supreme Powerhouse, Peak Groups like the Zerg dared to fall out with Human Civilization, but in other aspects, there was no such need.

Although they infiltrated each other and assassinated geniuses of each other's groups, overall, it was all restrained within a certain range.

"When I step into the eighth order, I will also need to choose a Star Domain to garrison."

Lin Yuan had communicated with Senior Brother many times. It seemed like concern, but in reality, it was also for his own sake.

After all, Lin Yuan was now only a hair's breadth away from the eighth order. Ever since condensing the Mo Yu Mark, his mental will index had soared to over 9,800.

Being close at hand to the 10,000-point mark.

As long as his mental will index reached 10,000 points, Lin Yuan would be able to directly step into the eighth order.

"At that time, my true body will go to garrison the Star Domain, my Yin Spirit will remain on the Alien Race Battlefield to comprehend permanent space cracks, my Yang God will remain on the Crimson Kun Main Star, and I'll leave a drop of vital blood as well—"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

The true body possessed the strongest combat power; going to garrison the Star Domain required sweeping through all combat power.

Even if an accident occurred and the true body fell, relying on the Divine Ability 'Rebirth from a Drop of Blood', that drop of vital blood left on the Crimson Kun Main Star could rapidly grow and 'return' in the most perfect posture.

There was simply no need to use the Yin Spirit or Yang God to derive Physical Body methods.

Of course, to minimize losses, the true body going to garrison the Star Domain certainly couldn't carry any heavy treasures; otherwise, if he died and lost the treasures, Lin Yuan would still feel heartache.

Flesh and blood could be reborn, but treasures couldn't be brought back.

"Perhaps I'm overthinking it."

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly.

According to the data of the Human Civilization Alliance, the mortality rate for newly advanced Eighth-Order Evolvers going to garrison marginal Star Domains was very low.

Ordinary Eighth-Order Evolvers were all like this,

not to mention that Lin Yuan could crush most eighth-order beings while at the seventh order. Once he promoted to the eighth order, his combat power would once again usher in a massive transformation.

By then, he would probably be comparable to those Peak ultimate eighth-order Experts.

Virtual World.

Inside a tavern.

This tavern was only open to Evolvers above the seventh order, belonging to a higher-level communication venue for Evolvers in Human Civilization.

Lin Yuan was sitting in a corner, chatting idly with Gao Wufeng.

Some time ago, Gao Wufeng cultivated the evolution path he comprehended from that corpse and almost suffered Qi Deviation, fortunately being suppressed in time by his teacher, Ninth Sword Star Master, and had barely recovered recently.

"I finally understand why you, Thirteenth Peak Lord, didn't Cultivate the evolution path within that corpse back then—it turns out you were taking the second path."

Gao Wufeng suddenly understood.

Not long ago, the Goddess of Wisdom announced once again that comprehending that corpse, besides direct cultivation, had another method of comprehending a certain number of evolution paths.

The Goddess of Wisdom specially emphasized that this method was too difficult, which was why it wasn't announced at the first moment, and only a portion of talented Evolvers were selected for 'testing'.

Now that it was confirmed there were no issues, it was announced to the public.

"Hahahaha."

Lin Yuan smiled and shook his head.

The Goddess of Wisdom thought quite thoroughly; this way, it managed to conceal Lin Yuan's identity.

"I understand. Involving such secrets, you, Thirteenth Peak Lord, can't just tell outsiders casually." Gao Wufeng immediately expressed understanding.

"However, this method is too outrageous. Comprehending a certain number of evolution paths? Under that kind of mental will pressure, it's already very difficult to barely maintain sanity, let alone comprehend evolution path after evolution path?"

Gao Wufeng shook his head, his tone revealing helplessness.

Indeed.

This method was extremely safe.

At least one's own mental will would not be affected by flawed evolution paths.

But it was basically impossible to do. If you didn't Cultivate the comprehended evolution paths, you would continuously be suppressed by the mental will.

This suppression didn't go from weak to strong, but came based on the strength of the Evolver's mental will.

Even if your mental will index reached 20,000 points, under that mental will pressure, you would still quickly reach the limit.

Then, it depended on one's own perseverance.

Before comprehending that corpse, Lin Yuan's mental will index was only a little over 7,000 points. After comprehending for a few years, it was getting close to 10,000 points.

Under the seemingly endless mental will pressure, it was also a form of tempering for one's own mental will.

"I didn't comprehend that many types either."

Lin Yuan nodded. He still hadn't seen the end of the evolution paths contained within that corpse; comprehending over 3,000 types was merely a drop in the ocean.

"Thirteenth Peak Lord, you're being modest again."

Gao Wufeng looked at Lin Yuan with some helplessness.

At the same time, he was also pondering in his heart: How many types? Being able to say this at least showed that the evolution paths comprehended by the Thirteenth Peak Lord were definitely at least five or six types, perhaps close to ten types?

After chatting idly with Gao Wufeng for a few moments,

Lin Yuan returned once again to the Virtual World to comprehend that corpse.

"The Goddess of Wisdom actually made the second method public?" Lin Yuan thought to himself.

After just a brief thought, Lin Yuan understood again. Even if this method was made public, what of it?

As long as it wasn't revealed how many evolution paths needed to be comprehended to reach the goal, even if alien races knew, it had no meaning.

Sometimes, the goal was very important. If they didn't know how many evolution paths they had comprehended, those alien Experts basically couldn't persevere.

After all, the mental will pressure coming from that corpse was a form of extreme torture. Under a poor state, the comprehension speed would be greatly reduced.

Lin Yuan had also stumbled into it by accident. He hadn't originally thought of comprehending a supreme evolution path, but merely intended to temper his mental will.

And with the blessing of Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he rapidly comprehended 3,333 types, ultimately condensing the Mo Yu Mark and comprehending everything.

Others? They could hardly persevere.

"Let's continue comprehending."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts and looked up again at the corpse beneath the vault of heaven.

Although Lin Yuan was now an ordinary member of the Demon Jade Tower, since there were ordinary members, there were core and even higher-level members.

If he continued to comprehend more evolution paths, could he obtain an elevation of status within the Demon Jade Tower?

Most importantly, comprehending the evolution paths within the corpse was of great benefit to Lin Yuan. After analyzing them, he could integrate their essence parts.

Furthermore, he could continue to elevate his own mental will.

It could be called killing three birds with one stone.

Naturally, Lin Yuan was unwilling to give it up.

Even if shortly after, Lin Yuan promoted to the eighth order, he wouldn't abandon this place.

Just like that.

Lin Yuan once again sank into comprehension.

A day, two days.

A month, two months.

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

Hum.

Under the endless mental will pressure,

Lin Yuan's will seemed to reach its limit, unexpectedly starting to collapse from the outer edges.

"Persist, persist."

Lin Yuan was still persevering.

Not knowing how much time passed, it felt as though he had stepped through a certain shackle.

Lin Yuan's mental will began to undergo a transformation. Originally, Lin Yuan's mental will was merely an illusory thing, but now, it unexpectedly emitted a deep, profound glow, resembling something physical.

"Hah."

Lin Yuan let out a light breath.

At that exact moment just now, he had almost failed to persevere.

Fortunately, he didn't give up in the end.

"My mental will now…"

Lin Yuan perceived his own mental will; compared to before, it had definitely improved by a massive margin. That was an important step from the illusory towards the real.

"Let's see what my mental will index is now."

Lin Yuan disconnected his consciousness from the Virtual World, and after resting in reality for half a day,

he entered his personal space in the most perfect state.

"Goddess of Wisdom, I apply to test my mental will index."

Lin Yuan directly connected with the Goddess of Wisdom.

"Respected Seven-Level Citizen Lin Yuan, without mobilizing any Physical Body or Soul power, solely relying on your own mental consciousness, impact the surroundings—"

The solemn and cold voice of the Goddess of Wisdom came over.

Lin Yuan did as instructed, and a massive mental will pressure swept across the surroundings.

Vaguely, even the air distorted.

A moment later,

the voice of the Goddess of Wisdom came once again.

"Respected Seven-Level Citizen Lin Yuan, after testing, your current mental will index is around 11,200."

"It increased by this much?" Lin Yuan's heart thrilled.

A mental will of 10,000 was a threshold, determining whether one could successfully survive the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Likewise, after reaching 10,000, the difficulty of increasing the mental will index would skyrocket by a massive margin.

For Lin Yuan to now reach a mental will index of over 11,000 was simply unbelievable.

To raise the mental will index to this level with the status of a Seventh-Order Evolver—there probably weren't many such figures in the history of Human Civilization.

"My mental will index exceeds 10,000."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts, a decision forming in his heart.

"Everything is ready; I will directly begin breaking through to the eighth order."